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. J. L. 'WAGNER & J. SEATH.

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JOHN L. WAGNER AND JAMES SEATH, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, AS-

SIGNORS TO THEMSELVES, ROBERT S. COX, OF SAME PLACE, THOMPKINS A. LEWIS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AND HENRY R. DUVALL, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAR-DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,361, dated September 16, 1884.

Application filed June 20. I884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN L. WAGNER and JAMES SEATH, of the city of Terre Haute, county of Vigo, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar-Doors, of which the following is a specification.

It is often desirable, in the construction of freight-cars, that the door be mounted on or suspended from a single rail' secured to the body of the car at orabove the top of the door.

Our present invention principally consists in such a construction and arrangement of parts that a door substantially like that described in Letters Patent No. 280,537, dated July 8, A. D. 1883, may be so mounted.

It further consists in a locking device for se' curing the crank-rod by which the doors are operated in position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car the door of which is provided with ourinvention, Fig. 2, a view looking downwardly from the dotted line .2 2; Fig. 3, a detail sectional view looking to the left from. the dotted line y y in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a similar view looking from the dotted line as a: in Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a horizontal sectional view looking downwardlyfrom the dotted line 20 win Fig. 3; Fig. 6, a detail elevation showing the fastening device on an enlarged scale; Fig. 7 ,a horizontal sec tional view looking downwardly from the dotted line 1) o in Fig. 6; Fig. 8, a vertical sectional view looking to the left from the dotted line a uin Fig. 6; Fig. 9, a View of a portion of Fig. 7, the parts being separated; Fig. 10, a detail section on the dotted line ttin Fig. l, and Fig. 11 a detail section on the dotted line .9 s in Fig. l. i In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the body of the ear, B the door, 0 the operating-shaft, and D the locking device.

The car-body, A is an ordinary box-car, having the usual door-openings, the door-supporting rail A, and door-holding brackets a,

the latter of which have small holes drilled to The rail A is bent inwardly at the front upper corner, which hooks over the rail A in the ordinary manner, and is supported at the other corner by a hanger attached to the rod 0, as will be presently described. A pin, 1), is provided with which to fasten the lever which operates the crank-rod, and also pins V, which are adapted to enter the holes in the brackets a, and thus hold the bottom of the door tightly into its jamb. The door may also be provided with a hasp, W, or other means of looking or fastening, if desired.

The crank-rod C is journaled in bearings G O, secured to the door B, and passes up through and is suspended to the hanger G, which rests on the rail A, the head or nut c thereon serving to secure it to said hanger. It is also provided with the usual handle, 0 by which it is operated. The hanger O is preferably a casting, notched in one side to receive the shaft 0, (see especially Fig. 5,) and grooved on its under side, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) to hook over the rail A. By reason of this formation the several parts are adapted to be easily and quickly placed in position, as will be readily understood.

The locking device D passes over and is socured to bearing 0 by tongues d, which enter grooves c in said bearing, as shown. It is provided with an overhanging lip, (1, which is adapted to pass over the upper edge of the handle 0', as shown most plainly in Figs. 6 and 8, and thus hold said handle in position alongside said door when desired. A projection, d is preferably formed on the outer surface of the device D, to serve as a handle in raisingit out of engagement with the handle Having thus fully described our said invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a ear-door, a single rail from which it is suspended, a crank-rod, O, secured to said door, and a hanger, 0, resting on said rail, said rod passing up through said hanger, and having ahead or enlargement, c, which rests thereon, whereby said rod and the side of said door to which it is attached are suspended through said hanger to said rail, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the ear, the rail A, the brackets a, the door 13, the crank-rod O, and the hangers b and O, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the door 13, suspended on hangers b and O, the latter of which is attached to crank-rod C, of brackets a and pins I)", substantially as shown and specified.

4c. The combination, with a crank-rod for operating a car-door, of a locking device, D, formed to engage with the bearing for said rod and with the handle thereof, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the door, the crankrod 0 therefor, having handle 0, the bearing 0*, provided with grooves c", and the locking device D, having tongues d, and an overhanging lip, d, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands and seals, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 16th day of June, A. D. 1884.

JOHN L. W'AGNER. JAS. SEATH.

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